Recruiting: Who Stood Out at the Philly Showcase 2012

Players had a fall opportunity to show off their lacrosse skills at the Philly Showcase on Saturday. Registered players were placed on a roster of up to 20 players and played in three games over the course of the morning. Here's who stood out:

Team 1

Megan Barlow/Goalie/2014/Academy Park
Barlow is an athletic goalie that sees the whole field well. She made many great saves and immediately found the long clear to an attacker cutting up, and delivered the pass. Barlow is also a very vocal goalie, and made her presence known.

Quinn Benintende/Midfield/2015/Unionville
Benintende is a fast midfielder that has good stick skills. Has a strong 1v1 drive from the left side and is also a good outlet for her teammates in trouble. She is a smart attacker that plays good defense in transition and got many caused turnovers.

Sara Szynal/Midfield/2016/Summit
Szynal is a quick midfielder with amazing stick skills. Very active on the draw, came up with many great one handed grabs and ground balls around the draw circle, protected her stick well and delivered good passes out of trouble. Szynal is a smart attacker that does not push the fast break if its not there and had some beautiful feeds to her teammates. She has a great right and left-handed drive and has great placement on all her shots. On defense, she had many strong checks and ground balls.

Team 2

Haley O’Malley/Midfield/2016/Upper Merion
O’Malley is a quick midfielder that made some strong plays in the defensive end. She had some impressive slides and plays strong body defense. She had some good ground ball pick-ups in the 8-meter and carried the ball out of trouble well.

Adriana Pendino/Midfield/2015/Moorestown
Pendino is a quick midfielder that had some strong 1v1 drives from the wing. She has a strong first step and capitalizes on the space she gains and finishes with a powerful shot.

Brittany Edwards/Attack/2014/Great Valley
Edwards is a skilled attacker that also made some impressive plays on defense. Her footwork on the defensive end was good and she made good slides to help her teammates. She had several good checks, and kept her body position while checking her player. On attack, she showed off her stick skills and had several strong drives. She has a good face dodge, and protects her stick well from the back check.

Other players:
Madison Aslansan/Attack/2015/Springside

Team 3:

Madison Acra/Attack/2014/Norfolk Academy
Acra is a quick attacker with excellent shot placement. She is quick around the crease and took many crease rolls, both right and left handed. She is active around the crease with the ball; she can drive and feed very effectively from behind the net. She has a strong 1v1 drive from the wings as well, and protects her stick well from the back check.

Cassie Blair/Attack/2015/Unionville
Blair is a crafty attacker that always seemed to be wide open in transition. Blair is a tall attacker with a strong shot that is placed well. She has a good backdoor cut and has a quick catch and shot that was very effective.

Laura Pansini/Midfield/2016/Baldwin
Pansini is a fast midfielder with great field sense. She is a strong defender and picked up many ground balls in the 8-meter and carried the ball into transition. Pansini had many strong draw and dumps in transition that resulted in goals for her team. Pansini carries the ball well in transition and has good stick skills.

Other Players:
Ryann Bauer/Midfield/2016/Henderson

Team 4:

Hannah Keating/Attack/2016/Agnes Irwin
Keating is a fast attacker that uses her speed well all over the field. Keating was very active on the draw, coming up with most of the draws that she was in the game for. She also did a great job in transition, both attack and the re-defend.

Shelby Scanlin/Midfield/2014/Cardinal Gibbons
Scanlin is a fast midfielder with a great defensive presence. A good 1v1 defender, she also has good field sense and came up with many ground balls in the 8-meter. Scanlin has good stick skills, and did a good job bringing the ball out of the defensive end in transition to attack. She was active on the draws; getting many of them and taking care of the ball by protecting her stick and getting a good quick pass off to her teammate. She was also active on the attacking end, moving the ball and had good patience for the best feed. She also had a few goals on strong, fast, 1v1’s.

Team 5:

Christine Carugati/Midfield/2016/Pennington
Carugati is a smart attacker with solid stick skills. Very active in transition, she makes good cuts to help her teammates and is good at carrying the ball to behind the cage, where she made many good feeds. Carugati is also good at backing up shots, and gave her team many second and third chances to score by getting the ball back after a shot.

Arden Johnston/Midfield/2014/Ridley
Johnston is a very active player in transition and has excellent stick skills, especially when feeding. She has very strong cuts to the ball, and was very helpful in midfield transition.

Team 6:

Haley Warden/Midfield/2014/Garnet Valley
Warden is a smart cutter on attack that is also good at getting the draw. She had great anticipation to where the draw was going and was always there. On attack, Warden is a smart cutter and continuously got open for the pass in the middle. She is also active in transition, making long cuts to the goalie for the long clear.

Sarah Platt/Defense/2016/Agnes Irwin School
Platt is a strong defender with good footwork. She did an excellent job of pressuring out past the 12-meter while staying low and not fouling. She had several good ground balls and did an excellent job of finding the good pass in transition and delivering a good leading pass.

Allie Rogers/Attack/2015/Kent Place
Rogers is a small and quick attacker that is good at feeding. She had some good cuts in transition, and carried the ball into the attacking end well. She has a quick first step on her drive, and was smart about when to pull out and pass.

Team 7:

Brittany Hazard/Midfield/2014/Archbishop Carroll
Hazard is a good all-around player that was very active on the draws. She did an excellent job getting the ground balls around the draw circle and protected her stick well and delivered a good, leading pass. On attack, Hazard had some pretty feeds to her teammates and made good decisions with the ball.

Samantha Scarpello/Defense/2016/Seneca
Scarpello is a strong defender with excellent footwork and positioning. She did a good job pressuring the ball in settled defense and was also active in getting the ball out in transition. Scarpello also had many caused turnovers and took care of the ball well and has good stick skills.

Katie Garvey/Midfield/2015/Unionville
Garvey is a strong midfielder that hustled all over the field. She had many nice defensive plays, including an impressive pressure on the goalie where she got a knockdown on the goalies clear attempt. On attack, she did a good job of timing her cuts and placed her shots well on cage. Garvey was strong in the midfield, always active in transition and had great speed getting back into settled defense.

Team 8:

Dana Davis/Midfield/2014/Garnet Valley
Davis is an athletic midfielder that was very active in transition. On defense, she has a strong 1v1 stop, and was always open on the break out clear from the goalie. On attack, Davis was a good outlet for her teammates and made smart, patient decisions when she had the ball.

Katie Brophy/Defense/2014/Great Valley
Brophy is a strong defender that was good at pressuring the ball all over the field. She is a strong help defender that had great slides and was very aggressive on the ball and in double teams without fouling. Brophy is a very vocal defender and is a vocal leader on the defense and makes smart decisions.

Mairead Janzer/Midfield/2015/Haverford
Janzer is an extremely fast midfielder that was crucial in transition. Has good stick skills and is good at carrying the ball down the field in transition. Janzer is a tall player that draws fouls on her 1v1 drives, and has a good finish on her free position shots.

Other Players:
Molly Savage/Defense/2014/Garnet Valley

Team 9:

Sophie MacFarlane/Midfield/2015/ Friends’ Central
MacFarlane is a very fast midfielder that was active on both attack and defense. Great stick skills, was able to make many difficult catches in transition and can handle the ball well with both her right and left hands. MacFarlane was very crucial in midfield transition, worked hard to get open for the clear from her goalie and brought the ball into the offensive end. MacFarlane also did a good job on defense, especially in the midfield. Her speed and aggressiveness were crucial in the midfield and she gained many caused turnovers.

Molly Wentz/Midfield/ 2015/ Unionville
Wentz showed her strengths in the settled attack; she is a good feeder that sees the field and the open player well. Had some excellent cuts followed by well placed shots. On the defensive end, Wentz played good body defense and covered her cutters well. She had several impressive checks on defense and came up with the ground ball to start transition.

Monica Borzillo/Attack/2016/ Conestoga
Borzillo has excellent stick work and a well-placed shot. A smart attacker, she made good choices with the ball and saw the open cutter well and made some impressive feeds to her teammates.

Sarah Brooke/ Defense/ 2015/ Conestoga
Brooke is a good defender that was impressive especially in the midfield. Slowed many fast breaks down and allowed her teammates to recover into settled defense. Brooke also has great field vision and came up with many interceptions throughout the day.

Team 10:

Kate White/Defense/2016/Agnes Irwin
White is a smart defender with good speed in transition. An active help defender, she has good field sense and sees her girl and the rest of the attack well. She is good at carrying the ball in transition, and has good stick skills as well as a great face dodge in the midfield. She made many transition runs and was patient with the ball and waited to make the good pass in the attack end.

Megan Camden/Defense/2015/Downtown West
Camden is a tall defender with good body defense and good footwork. She did a good job keeping her attacker out on 1v1 drives, and was always ready for her attacker to drive again.

Team 11:

Madison Valerio/Midfield/2015/Garnet Valley
Valerio is a tall midfielder that is very active in transition. Very active on the draw circle, came up with many groundballs and protected her stick well until she was out of trouble. On the defensive end, Valerio showed good 1v1 defense and also had some impressive checks. On attack, she took several good long 1v1’s that resulted in goals or 8-meter shots.

Tess Chandler/Defense/2016/Rumson Fair Haven
Chandler is an aggressive defender that had many caused turnovers. She holds good body defense and is also a strong help defender with many good slides. She had many good double teams, without fouling, that resulted in caused turnovers. She also has a very active stick in transition as well as the 8-meter and got many knockdowns and interceptions.

Claire Peck/Attack/2014/Mt. St. Dominic Academy
Peck is a multi-faceted attacker with impressive stick skills. Peck had some impressive feeds from behind the net to her teammates. She can also take the ball herself, and took some 1v1’s that had strong fakes and followed with a well-placed shot. She also is a smart cutter, and got open several times throughout the day.

Tammy Shields/Attack/ 2016/ Westfield
Shields is a strong attacker that also excels in transition defense. She is a smart attacker that got open on many cuts and had well placed shots. Shields did an excellent job in transition defense, slowing down many defenders without fouling. She also got many caused turnovers in transition defense through her speed and hard work.

Team 12:

Victoria DiGiacobbe/ Attack/ 2014/ Notre Dame de Namur
DiGiacobble is a fast and feisty attacker with good stick skills. Although small, she protects her stick well and is sneaky on her cuts and looses her defenders well. Sees the 8-meter well, and made some great feeds. Worked especially well with 141 throughout the day.

Emily Mathewson/ Midfield/ 2016/ Garnet Valley
Mathewson was all over the field, starting with the draw. She did an excellent job of drawing to herself and protecting her stick out of the circle and getting the ball down to the attack. In transition, Mathewson did a good job of carrying the ball and using both hands to get away from defenders. She had good fakes in the midfield with the ball as well as in settled attack, and made many successful 1v1 drives. Protects her stick well while driving to the cage and has great shot placement. Mathewson is a smart attacker and has good awareness of the 8-meter; she had many good feeds to the middle for her teammates. She is a very good cutter, getting many wide-open backdoor cuts and the feed from 58.

Rachel Glenn/ Defense/ 2015/ Garnet Valley
Glenn is a very strong 1v1 defender with excellent body position and footwork. A very vocal defender, she makes her presence known and also is a great help defender to her teammates. She did a good job at getting the ball out of the defensive end, and has speed to get the ball down to the attacking end. She was smart with the ball under pressure in the midfield, getting rid of the ball before she was doubled and was active in getting the clear from the goalie.